New industrial units get the green light in Alford

The business scene in Alford has received a boost with a decision by East Lindsey District Council to grant full permission for nine industrial units to be built on a grassed area of land adacent to 2 Beechings Way.

There were letters of objection from two neighbours fearful of loss of privacy and potential noise and light pollution, but the planning committee overwhelmingly approved the application by submitted Lincs Design Consultancy Ltd on behalf of ASTCO.

With th aim of protecting the amenity of residents, Coun Tom Ashton and Coun Jim Swanson both argued in favour of imposing a restriction that the proposed units should only be occupied between 7.30am and 6pm on weekdays, between 8am and 1pm on Saturdays and not at all on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

But suggestion this was rejected by committee colleagues who noted that the only types of activity permissible would be those already allowable on domestic premises.

An optimistic note was sounded by chairman Coun Neil Cooper who expressed the hope that one of the units night host “the next Apple” - a reference to the American computer and hi-tec giant that started life in a domestic garage.